MARYLAND AT A GLANCE
MUSEUMS
WASHINGTON COUNTY
![[photo, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, City Park, Hagerstown, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/01glance/museums/wa/images/1198-1-787.jpg)
Antietam National Battlefield Visitor Center
P. O. Box 158
5831 Dunker Church Road, Sharpsburg, MD 21782 - 0158
(301) 432-5124
web: www.nps.gov/anti/index.htm
Barron's C&O Canal Museum
5632 Mose Circle, Sharpsburg, MD 21782
(301) 432-8726
web: www.visitmaryland.org/listing/byways-driving-tours-scenic-routes/barrons-co-canal-museum-store
Beaver Creek School Museum
9702 Beaver Creek Church Road, Hagerstown, MD 21740
(closed in 2016)
Boonsboro Trolley Station Museum
220 North Main St., Boonsboro, MD 21713
(301) 432-5141, (301) 432-5889
e-mail: info@boonsborohistoricalsociety.org
web: https://boonsborohistoricalsociety.org/trolley-museum/
(open by appointment)
- mailing address: c/o Boonsboro Historical Society, P. O. Box 213, 323 North Main St., Boonsboro, MD 21713 - 0213
Boonsborough Museum of History
113 North Main St., Boonsboro, MD 21713
(301) 432-6969, (301) 432-5889
web: https://boonsborohistoricalsociety.org/boonesborough-museum-of-history/
- mailing address: c/o Boonsboro Historical Society, P. O. Box 213, 323 North Main St., Boonsboro, MD 21713 - 0213
Bowman House
P. O. Box 213
Boonsboro Historical Society, 323 North Main St., Boonsboro, MD 21713 - 0213
(301) 432-5889
e-mail: info@boonsborohistoricalsociety.org
web: http://boonsborohistoricalsociety.org/bowman-house/
Brown's Meeting House (formerly Log House Museum)
11 South Mill St., Clear Spring, MD 21722 - 0037
(301) 842-2342
web: www.facebook.com/brownsmeetinghouse/
Discovery Station
101 West Washington St., Hagerstown, MD 21740
(301) 790-0076
e-mail: info@discoverystation.org
web: https://discoverystation.org/
Doleman Black Heritage Museum
540 North Locust St., Hagerstown, MD 21740
(301) 797-5019
e-mail: info@dolemanblackheritagemuseum.org
web: www.dolemanblackheritagemuseum.org/
(currently closed; possible future relocation)
- mailing address: 33-35 West Washington St., 2nd Floor, Hagerstown, MD 21740
![[photo, Fort Frederick, Washington County, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/01glance/museums/wa/images/1198-1-06476b.jpg)
11100 Fort Frederick Road, Big Pool, MD 21711
(301) 842-2155
e-mail: fortfrederick.statepark@maryland.gov
web: http://dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/Pages/western/fortfrederick.aspx
Fort Frederick, Washington County, Maryland, November 2013. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.
![[photo, Geiser-Mason Farm Museum, Smithsburg, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/01glance/museums/wa/images/1198-1-1297.jpg)
(behind Town Hall, 21 West Water St.)
22 Newman Lane, Smithsburg, MD 21783
(closed)
Geiser-Mason Farm Museum, Smithsburg, Maryland, January 2006. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
Hagerstown Aviation Museum
(301) 733-8717
e-mail: info@hagerstownaviationmuseum.org
web: www.hagerstownaviationmuseum.org/
(aircraft available only during museum events)
- mailing address: 14235 Oak Springs Road, Hagerstown, MD 21742
Hagerstown Railroad Museum & Engine 202
525 Highland Way (City Park), Hagerstown, MD 21740
(301) 739-8577, ext. 170
web: www.hagerstownmd.org/310/Hagerstown-Railroad-Museum-Engine-202
Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum
296 South Burhans Blvd., Hagerstown, MD 21741
(301) 739-4665
e-mail: info@roundhouse.org
web: www.roundhouse.org/
![[photo, Hancock Museum, Town Hall and Community Center, 126 West High St., Hancock, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/37mun/hancock/images/1198-1-2671.jpg)
Town Hall, 126 West High St., Hancock, MD 21750
(301) 678-5622
e-mail: townclerk@townofhancock.org
web: www.townofhancock.org/tourism/page/hancock-museum
Hancock Museum, Town Hall, 126 West High St., Hancock, Maryland, April 2008. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
Hancock Visitor's Center
46 West Main St., Hancock, MD 21750
(301) 678-5622
e-mail: townclerk@townofhancock.org
web: www.townofhancock.org/tourism/page/hancock-visitor%E2%80%99s-center
- mailing address: c/o Town Hall, 126 West High St., Hancock, MD 21750
![[photo, Jonathan Hager House, City Park, Hagerstown, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/01glance/museums/wa/images/1198-1-846b.jpg)
Jonathan Hager House & Museum (town founder)
110 Key St. (City Park), Hagerstown, MD 21740
(301) 739-8577, ext. 170
web: www.hagerstownmd.org/309/Jonathan-Hager-House-Museum
Jonathan Hager House, City Park, Hagerstown, Maryland, August 2004. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
![[photo, Kennedy Farmhouse, 2406 Chestnut Grove Road, Sharpsburg, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/36loc/wa/images/1198-1-10195c.jpg)
Kennedy Farmhouse (John Brown's Raid Headquarters)
2406 Chestnut Grove Road, Sharpsburg, MD 21782
web: www.johnbrown.org/
Mansion House Art Gallery
Valley Art Association, 501 Highland Way (City Park), Hagerstown, MD 21740
(301) 797-2867
web: www.valleyartassoc.com/?page=mansion_house
Kennedy Farmhouse, 2406 Chestnut Grove Road, Sharpsburg, Maryland, October 2019. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
![[photo, Miller House, 135 West Washington St., Hagerstown, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/01glance/museums/wa/images/1198-1-796.jpg)
Miller House Museum
Washington County Historical Society, 135 West Washington St., Hagerstown, MD 21740
(301) 797-8782
e-mail: info@washcohistory.org
web: https://washcohistory.org/miller-house/
Miller House, 135 West Washington St., Hagerstown, Maryland, June 2004. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
![[photo, National Road Museum, 214 North Main St., Boonsboro, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/01glance/museums/wa/images/1198-1-10179c.jpg)
214 North Main St., Boonsboro, MD 21713
e-mail: nationalroadmuseum@gmail.com
web: http://nationalrdfoundation.com/national-road-museum/ (to open in early 2020)
- mailing address: c/o National Road Heritage Foundation, P. O. Box 71, Boonsboro, MD 21713 - 0071
National Road Museum, 214 North Main St., Boonsboro, Maryland, October 2019. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
Newcomer House (includes Heart of Civil War Heritage Area Exhibit & Visitor Center)
Antietam National Battlefield, 18422 Shepherdstown Pike, Keedysville, MD 21756
(301) 432-6402
e-mail: info@heartofthecivilwar.org
web: www.heartofthecivilwar.org/newcomer-house
- mailing address: 151 South East St., Frederick, MD 21701
Plumb Grove Mansion (1831 house)
12654 Broadfording Road, Clear Spring, MD 21722
(301) 842-2342
e-mail: dwileshistory@verizon.net
web: www.facebook.com/PlumbGrove
Pry House Field Hospital Museum
18906 Shepherdstown Pike, Keedysville, MD 21756
(301) 432-6352, (301) 416-2395; fax: (301) 695-6823
web: www.civilwarmed.org/pry/
- mailing address: c/o National Museum of Civil War Medicine, P. O. Box 470, 48 East Patrick St., Frederick, MD 21705 - 0470
Sharpsburgh Museum of History (formerly Sharpsburg Heritage Museum)
P. O. Box 368
Town Hall, 106 East Main St., Sharpsburg, MD 21782 - 0368
(301) 800-6877
e-mail: sharpsburghmuseumofhistory@gmail.com
web: www.facebook.com/Sharpsburghmuseumofhistory/
Smithsburg Town Museum
P. O. Box 403
20 East Water St., Smithsburg, MD 21783 - 0403
(301) 824-7154
e-mail: smithsburghistorical@yahoo.com
web: www.visithagerstown.com/museum#
Toll House
Bank Road (Route 144), Hancock, MD 21750
(301) 678-6236, (301) 678-6308
e-mail: info@hancockmuseum.org
web: www.canaltrust.org/pyv/hancock-tollhouse/
(closed for renovation)
Tolson's Chapel
P.O. Box 162
111 East High St., Sharpsburg, MD 21782 - 0162
e-mail: tolsons.chapel@gmail.com
web: www.tolsonschapel.org/
Train Room Museum
360 South Burhans Blvd., Hagerstown, MD 21740
(301) 745-6681
e-mail: trainroom@verizon.net
web: www.the-train-room.com/museum.html
(closed in July 2019; contents auctioned off)
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
P. O. Box 423
401 Museum Drive (City Park), Hagerstown, MD 21741 - 0423
(301) 739-5727
e-mail: info@wcmfa.org
web: http://wcmfa.org/
Washington County Rural Heritage Museum
Agricultural Education Center, 7313 Sharpsburg Pike (Route 65), Boonsboro, MD 21713
(240) 420-1714
e-mail: eoverdorff@washco-md.net
web: www.washco-md.net/rural-heritage-museum/
Washington Monument Museum
Washington Monument State Park, 6620 Zittlestown Road, Middletown, MD 21769
(301) 791-4767
web: https://dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/Pages/western/Washington/History-Washington.aspx
- mailing address: c/o Greenbrier State Park, 21843 National Pike, Boonsboro, MD 21713
Williamsport Town Museum & Springfield Tenant House
Springfield Farm, 12 Springfield Lane, Williamsport, MD 21795
(301) 223-7229
e-mail: springfieldbarn@myactv.net
web: https://williamsportmd.gov/visitors/springfield-farm/
(Tenant House undergoing restoration)
- mailing address: c/o History & Museum Board, Town Hall, 2 North Conococheague St, Williamsport, MD 21795
Wilson Village (General Store & One-Room Schoolhouse)
14921 Rufus Wilson Road, Clear Spring, MD 21722
(301) 582-4718
web: www.facebook.com/pages/Wilson-Store/117814391580134
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